<TITLE>06. Par 24-28</TITLE>L-24 Gypsy Smith once said, they took up a love offering for him one time and he said... It--it was a lovely big offering; it was in London, England, I think, maybe down at the Royal George Hall, somewhere he's holding his meeting. And he said after it was all over and when he started to leave that night, there was a little ragged girl standing on the back of the step. Said, "Mr. Smith, I didn't get to give you my love offering with the rest of them 'cause I couldn't get in. But I thought maybe I'd just give you my love offering here."
And he said, "Thank you, honey."
When he was coming in he opened it up, it was a little paper, had a little note on it: "Pappy give me this lollipop about two weeks ago, and my daddy was saved in a meeting from being a drunkard, and this is my offering."
He said, "Of all the money the people give him didn't mean anything like that, that poor little ragged child."

L-25 That's all she had. She thought maybe he could enjoy the lollipop or had a child somewhere. The simplicity of children teaches us a lot of things, doesn't it, just how simple? You seldom see God turn one down; He just can't. They come so simple like. That's the way we should be.
You're so nice, I could talk to you all evening, but I got six hundred and something miles to drive right now, soon as this is over, to get back to Charlotte to begin next Wednesday night. Pray. And the brother, I believe it's the Fox Theater up there. Come up and see us, we'll be glad to have you come up. I want to try to bring my wife and little Joseph back. We never get a... My two little children, three I have... Billy was from another mother that's gone on to glory many, many, years ago when I was a young Baptist minister. And I been both mother and daddy to him, and we been chums together, and he sticks with me, goes around, helps me, and been a lot to me. And pray for him too. And years I was single, and I remarried again. I have three children: two little girls, little Rebekah, Sarah, and Joseph.

L-26 If there's any--if there's any credit to be given to the Branham family, give it to Mrs. Branham. Thirty-seven years old, completely gray headed, she stood between me and the public for these years, the buffer at the door, everywhere. Where a lot of even fanatic and things which has come up with, they trying to curse and say if they don't do so-and-so... Poor little fellow's so nervous she can hardly get along. I'm going to try to bring her out because you're such a lovely people here in Carolina; I want her to meet you, and you to meet her. We take the little girl out of school next week, God willing, to bring her along for the time.

L-27 Now, to speak to you just a little from the Word, if you'll pardon it; we'll pray for the sick. Always remember, friends, that I say this, and I take it on record, you see these recorders are going on. Watch Him what He says. See? A vision does not heal you. A vision is what God is showing to build your faith to a place to accept the finished work of Christ at Calvary. How many knows that? Now, how many thoroughly understands it? See? There's nothing I have to heal you or the vision won't heal you.

L-28 Now, a vision will come to build a person, a lot of times I see you're going to die; I never say nothing, maybe just "The Lord bless you, go on." I say it that way so that, you know, even if death has been pronounced upon a human being, sometimes prayer can change death. Did you know that? The Bible said so. Well, it did happen. Hezekiah was laying sick, and the prophet Isaiah, he was a prophet of God, went up and told him he was going to die, he wasn't coming off the bed.


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